The only part I want the battery for is if equipment is on and power is lost. The TV lamp fan needs to run for 4 minutes to cool things down properly. If a storm is coming, I'll likely turn everything off first anyway if I am using it, so it might not be much of an issue. I'm leaning towards the Belkin linked earlier in this thread at this point. I'm not a fan of their KVM switches though, so I am hoping power is more their thing if I go that route.